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单词 submerged tenth
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submerged tenth
submerged tenth n. the ten per cent of any population which is (regarded as living) permanently in poverty and misery; the underclass; cf. upper ten n..The term submerged tenth was coined by William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, in 1890.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > deprived or underprivileged people
low-paid1739
submerged tenth1890
submerged1897
dispossessed1901
underprivileged1935
wretched of the earth1965
1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. i. ii. 23 This Submerged Tenth—is it, then, beyond the reach of the nine-tenths in the midst of whom they live?
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Oct. 750/3 The submerged tenth, the hairy apes of society.
2009 G. Dorrien Social Ethics in Making iii. 171 A city missionary offered to acquaint Addams with the ‘submerged tenth’ of London.
extracted from submergedadj.n.
submerged tenth
submerged tenth (i.e. of the population): see submerged adj. and n.extracted from tenthadj.n.
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